Department of the Interior

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240

Phone, 202-208-3100. Internet, www.doi.gov.

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR Dirk Kempthorne

Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett

Chief of Staff Brian Waidmann

Deputy Chief of Staff Douglas W. Domenech

Special Trustee for American Indians Ross Owen Swimmer

Director of Congressional and Matthew Eames

Legislative Affairs

Counselor to the Secretary Michael Bogert

White House Liaison Mitchell Lowe

Science Adviser to the Secretary (vacancy)

Director, Office of Communications Ernestine Kreisher

Director of External and Katie Loovis

Intergovernmental Affairs

Director, Office of the Executive Fay Iudicello

Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs

Senior Advisor to the Secretary for (vacancy)

Alaskan Affairs

Solicitor David Bernhardt

Deputy Solicitor Lawrence Jensen

Counselor to the Solicitor Paul Smyth

Associate Solicitor (Administration) Edward Keable

Associate Solicitor (Conservation Robert Faber

and Wildlife)

Associate Solicitor (Land and Water (vacancy)

Resources)

Associate Solicitor (General Law) Arthur E. Gary

Associate Solicitor (Indian Affairs) (vacancy)

Associate Solicitor (Mineral James Harris

Resources)

Director, Office of Ethics Melinda J. Loftin

Inspector General Earl E. Devaney

Deputy Inspector General Mary Kendall

Assistant Secretary for Water and Science (vacancy)

Deputy Assistant Secretaries Brenda Burman, Timothy R. Petty

Director, U.S. Geological Survey Mark D. Myers

Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation Robert W. Johnson

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and R. Lyle Laverty

Parks

Deputy Assistant Secretaries Kaush Arha, Mitchell Butler, James Mosher, David M. Verhey

Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife H. Dale Hall

Service

Director, National Park Service Mary A. Bomar

Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs (vacancy)

Counselor to the Assistant Secretary E. Sequoyah Simermeyer

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Majel Russell

Deputy Assistant Secretary for (vacancy)

Policy and Economic Development

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Debbie Clark

Management

Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs Jerold Gidner

Director, Bureau of Indian Education (vacancy)

Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals C. Stephen Allred

Management

Deputy Assistant Secretaries Julie Jacobson, Michael Olsen, Foster Wade

Director, Minerals Management Randall Luthi

Service

Director, Bureau of Land Management James Caswell

Director, Office of Surface Mining Brent Wahlquist

Reclamation and Enforcement

Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and (vacancy)

Budget

Chief of Staff Monica Noe

Chief Information Officer Michael J. Howell

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Christopher Kearney

International Affairs

Director, Office of Environmental Willie R. Taylor

Policy and Compliance

Director, Office of Policy Analysis Christine S. Baglin

Director, Office of Hawaiian Kaiini Kaloi

Relations

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Business Nina Hatfield

Management and Wildland Fire

Director, Office of Small and Mark Oliver

Disadvantaged Business Utilization

Director, Office of Budget Pamela K. Haze

Director, Office of Financial Daniel Fletcher

Management

Director, Office of Acquisition and Debra Sonderman

Property Management

Director, National Business Center Douglas Bourgeois

Director, Office of Wildland Fire Mark Beighley

Coordination

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Capital, Paul D. Hoffman

Performance, and Partnerships

Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer Kathleen J.H. Wheeler

Director, Office of Human Resources Sharlyn Grigsby

Director, Office of Civil Rights Sharon Eller

Director, Office of Occupational Diane Schmitz

Health and Safety

Director, Office of Strategic Sandra Wells

Employee Development

Director, Office of Collaborative Elena Gonzalez

Action and Dispute Resolution

Director, Office of Planning and Richard T. Beck

Performance Management

Director, Office of Hearings and Robert S. More

Appeals

Director, Office of Competition, (vacancy)

Efficiency, and Analysis

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Law Enforcement Larry R. Parkinson

and Security

Director, Office of Law Enforcement, Kimberley Thorsen

Security, and Emergency

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Insular Affairs (vacancy)

Director, Office of Insular Affairs Nikolao Pula

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The mission of the Department of the Interior is to protect and provide access to our Nation's natural and cultural heritage and honor our trust responsibilities to tribes and our commitments to island communities.

The Department of the Interior was created by act of March 3, 1849 (43 U.S.C. 1451), which transferred to it the General Land Office, the Office of Indian Affairs, the Pension Office, and the Patent Office. It was reorganized by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950, as amended (5 U.S.C. app.).

The Department manages the Nation's public lands and minerals, national parks, national wildlife refuges, and western water resources and upholds Federal trust responsibilities to Indian tribes and our commitments to island communities. It is responsible for migratory wildlife conservation; historic preservation; endangered species; surface-mined lands protection and restoration; mapping; geological, hydrological, and biological science; and financial and technical assistance for the insular areas.

Secretary The Secretary of the Interior reports directly to the President and is responsible for the direction and supervision of all operations and activities of the Department. Some areas where public purposes are broadly applied include:

Fish, Wildlife, and Parks The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks has responsibility for programs associated with the use, management and conservation of natural resources, lands and cultural facilities associated with the National Park and National Refuge Systems, and the conservation and enhancement of fish, wildlife, vegetation, and habitat. The Office represents the Department in the coordination of marine ecosystems and biological resources programs with other Federal agencies. It also exercises secretarial direction and supervision over the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service.

Water and Science The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science provides oversight to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Project Completion Act Office. It provides policy direction and oversight in program areas related to water project operations, facility security and natural resource management as well as for geologic, hydrologic, cartographic, biologic, and technological research. It provides guidance in developing national water and science policies and environmental improvement.

Land and Minerals Management The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management has responsibility for programs associated with public land management; operations management and leasing for minerals on public lands, including the Outer Continental Shelf to the outer limits of the United States economic jurisdiction; minerals operations management on Indian lands; surface mining reclamation and enforcement functions; and management of revenues from Federal and Indian mineral leases.

Indian Affairs The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs is responsible for establishing and acting on issues affecting Indian policy and programs; exercising direction and supervision of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education; directly supervising the Federal acknowledgment of tribes, tribal self-

determination and self-governance, Indian gaming, economic development, and all administrative, financial, and information resources management activities; and maintaining liaison and coordination between the Department and other Federal agencies that provide services or funding to Indians.

The Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians (OST) oversees Indian trust reform efforts departmentwide to ensure the establishment of policies,

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procedures, systems, and practices to allow the Secretary to discharge the Government's fiduciary trust responsibilities to American Indians and tribes. OST also has programmatic responsibility for the management of financial trust assets, asset appraisals, and fiduciary trust beneficiary services.

Insular Affairs The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) assists the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in developing more efficient and effective government by providing financial and technical assistance, and serves as a focal point for the management of relations between the United States and the islands by developing and promoting appropriate Federal policies. OIA also carries out the Secretary's responsibilities that are related to the three freely associated states

(the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau); the Palmyra Atoll excluded areas; and Midway Atoll's nonterrestrial areas.

For further information, contact the Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240. Phone, 202-208-3100. Internet, www.doi.gov.

Bureaus

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service's national responsibility in the service of fish, wildlife, and people spans more than 130 years to the establishment of a predecessor agency, the Bureau of Fisheries, in

1871. First created as an independent agency, the Bureau of Fisheries was later placed in the Department of Commerce. A second predecessor agency, the Bureau of Biological Survey, was established in 1885 in the Department of Agriculture. In 1939, the two Bureaus and their functions were transferred to the Department of the Interior. They were consolidated into one agency and redesignated the Fish and Wildlife Service in 1940 by Reorganization Plan III (5 U.S.C. app.).

The United States Fish and...